I wish I would have started using Baselane a long time ago.

If you're tax bill is $6-8k (minus the 1031 fees), surely you can make that up by taking multiple swings over a longer period of time.OR pursue some sort of owner occupied strategy with that cash if you can swing a live in flip or house hack.

Build a team with all that time in the morning and and the time you have by walking up early etc. 

If there is no initial agreed-upon amount, determining a fair compensation becomes more time-consuming, leading to further losses.

Also you may want to reopen new cases as different reps lead to different results a lot of the time in my experience. 

How much time / cash / other are each individual expected to contribute?

.: My wife and I are considering getting a home closer to her family to stay in for extended periods and holidays.   

In my experience, a suit for specific enforcement of a real estate purchase contract is not particularly complex or fact intensive that would lead to extensive time needed for discovery. 

It's a one time free filing made to the FINCEN. 

I believe it is always a good time to invest (sooner the better) and then, there's a better time to invest when all the conditions align, which I missed in 2019.